reporting live in danville, debora villalon, ktvu channel 2 news. >>the san josi firefighter's union launch a last-difficult effort to save the dozens of jobs. the city says there is nothing new about it and it comes a little too late. ktvu's paul chambers reports. >> reporter: standing tot, possibly for the last time, nearly all 49 san josi firefighters say they are  hopeful to get their jobs back as the union offered their ninth proposal to the city. >> the san josi firefighters are stepping up and making yet another proposal that we believe should knock down all the barriers. >> there are some positive things in it in terms of amount of pay reductions and benefit reductions the firefighters are willing to offer. it appears to be the same as their prior offers. >> reporter: with the new proposal, the s say they will save the city millions of dollars into the future. the union is giving up payre raises into fiscal year 2011 and also they are removing the no-layoff provision from the contract and willing to give up 10% of benefit for new-hires. >>

ktvu's debora villalon is live with the story. >> reporter: ken, this was a one hospital man destruction derby through danville about 10:00 this morning, and well into the evening, police were still picking up the pieces. 23-year-old cainian schierholtz is the younger brother of nate schierholtz, broth grates of san ramon high in danville, the same high school witnesses say cainian swerving past. >> it was a joyride and hit this and hit that. >> reporter: michelle devine and her family watched as schier holt's dodge truck took ot a light pole and dragged it down the street. he had already sideswiped a truck and went on to rear-end a lexus alt a stop sign. >> i was extremely afraid he might hit a child or an adult or go on a curb because he was just reckless and he was just going. >> reporter: the first frantic calls started to pour into police moments before when schierholtz struck a bicyclist. teenager daughter jumped off her bike to help him. is he hospitalized with scrapes and bruises. he knocked down a pedestrian in the bike lane and injuries that that victim was able to shake off. b